Quarry Profile

An in-depth look at the operation and market forces affecting quarries around Europe

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High quality material: Alexander Kozhanov, general director of Maykop Nerud (centre) and his deputies Alexey Poddubny (left) and Stanislav Steblyansky check the quarry's products

Olympic Journey to Sochi

One Russian Quarry is working flat out to supplu sand and Aggregates for infrastructure for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Patrick Smith reports The holiday resort of Sochi is Europe's longest city .. Read more..

One of the new excavation sites is a quarry that was abandoned in the 1960s

Demand drives investment

While aggregate quarries in Europe may still be recovering from the global recession, Italy's marble quarries in Carrara are seeing good demand. Claire Symes visited Henraux's quarry t.. Read more..

Cleaning up

Wakoz's newest quarry is producing top quality aggregates for major road construction work in Gdansk following investment in washing facilities. Claire Symes visited the quarry in Poland to .. Read more..

Investing for the future

Securing resources to meet future demand is a key part of Fassa Bortolo's investment in a new quarry in the Brescia region of Italy but it is environmental issues that have guided the design. Cla.. Read more..

Proving ground production

Turkey's Simge Group is unusual in the quarry business ? not only does it manufacture asphalt and aggregate equipment, it also operates a network of quarries producing construction aggregates an.. Read more..

Adapting production

Issues with blasting forced Portugal's Maceira Quarry to find a new primary extraction solution and now uses one of the most powerful hydraulic breakers in the world. Claire Symes reports.. Read more..

Al-Hallabat is Jordan's only basalt quarry

Above the level

In addition to operating what is probably the lowest quarry on earth, the Advanced Crusher Company also runs Jordan's only Basalt quarry. Al-Hallabat is located 70km to the east of Amman and t.. Read more..

As-Sweimeh is one of the largest quarries in the Middle East

Service solution

Cat's local dealer Jordan Tractor provides a complete service contract for Advanced Crusher Company's two quarries - 20hours a day at Al-Hallabat and 24 hours a day at As-Sweimeh . "The .. Read more..

As-Sweimeh is the lowest quarry on earth

Below the level

As-Sweimeh is probably the lowest quarry on earth with its highest point at 150m below sea level. Claire Symes visited the quarry in Jordan to find out more [1] Although the quarry at A.. Read more..

Kunda Nordic development Director Riho Iskül (left) and managing director Meelis Einstein

Limestone legacy

Estonia's biggest quarry also operates the country's only cement plant, as well as a port. ABE visited the Heidelberg site to find out more [1] .. Read more..